Re: Encrypting data before storing in columns

Yes Oracle has ASO advanced security option. Oracle 7.3 has it but it is much better in Oracle8, apparently there are more algorithms(msp?) to chose from. Using this does requires a separate license in addition to the regular oracle license.

-Javier

In article <8bu50h$4m7$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com>, logo_palanisamy_at_my-deja.com wrote:
> Does Oracle have a way to encrypt data before storing it in varchar2
> table columns? Is there any better way than using a combination of
> replace, translate functions?
>
> What we want is to encrypt the application user password and store it
> in a not easy to decipher form.
>
> Thanks in advance.
> Logo Palanisamy
>
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